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U.K. Vertiport Startup Sells Stake to Hyundai’s Flying-Taxi Arm
(Bloomberg) — Urban-Air Port, a U.K. startup designing hubs for flying taxis, agreed to sell a minority stake to South…
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Beijing Flare-Up Worsens; U.K. Lifts Restrictions: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — China’s capital found a Covid-19 cluster among cold chain workers, the latest sign the country is seeing more…
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Oil Markets May Be Even Tighter Than Forecasters Say
(Bloomberg) — The oil market is getting tighter and there may be even less slack in the system than forecasts…
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Where Were You When They Came for the Hamsters?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — It has the feel of a surrealist watershed, the moment that brought home the nature of Hong…
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Wall Street Is About to Take Oil Out to a Wild Party
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Supply and demand fundamentals drive oil prices. Things like OPEC+ production plans and U.S. driving patterns matter…
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WHO and Gates Call for Caution; Tokyo Measures: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — A study in South Africa indicated the omicron variant could help cut the future severity of the virus,…
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Larry Fink Infuriates Republicans and Climate Activists Alike
(Bloomberg) — Larry Fink, the chief executive officer of BlackRock Inc., is drawing a lot of ire these days for…
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Business Doesn’t Need a ‘Social Purpose’ Revolution
(Bloomberg Opinion) — There is no shortage of candidates for the title of the most dangerous business idea of the…
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Tale of Two U.K. Homes Holds Secret to Cutting High Energy Bills
Hardly a week goes by without British newspapers featuring a story about energy companies going bankrupt or household heating and…
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Winning Innovations From the Global Mayors Challenge
The 15 winners were picked out of 631 applicant cities for their work creating ambitious urban innovations in the wake…
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What Will it Take to Vaccinate the World?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve the…
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‘Tough’ Weeks Ahead in U.S.; Tokyo Weighs Curbs: Virus Update
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy defended the Biden administration’s response to the omicron surge, conceding though that health officials need…
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U.S. Faces ‘Tough’ Weeks Ahead; Djokovic Departs: Virus Update
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy defended the Biden administration’s response to the omicron surge, conceding though that health officials need…
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Romania pushes to add climate change education in schools | AP News
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s president wants to add sections on climate change and environmental issues to the national school…
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Boris Johnson and His Agenda Are Now Lame Ducks
(Bloomberg Opinion) — In Shakespeare’s cycle of plays on Henry IV and Henry V, the dissolute Prince Hal eventually transforms…
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U.S. Vaccinations Stall; Beijing Reports Omicron: Virus Update
The number of new people getting the Covid-19 vaccine is at one of the lowest points since the rollout began,…
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Singapore Workers Risk Jobs; Tokyo Cases Surge: Virus Update
Workers in Singapore who haven’t been inoculated risk losing their jobs, Covid-19 infections rose in Tokyo while Hong Kong will…
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Biden Forms Task Force, Faces Criticism Over Surge: Virus Update
The Biden administration has assembled a group that will prepare new countermeasures for the emergence of future Covid-19 variants and…
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How a Country Joins NATO (and Why Putin Cares)
(Bloomberg) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s massing of troops on Ukraine’s border has sparked a standoff with the West and…
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Why Kazakhstan Protests Reverberate Beyond the Region
(Bloomberg) — Anti-government protests that roiled Kazakhstan in January were sparked not just by fuel-price increases but also unrest over…
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Europe Sees ‘New Normal’ of Constant Russia Tensions on Doorstep
(Bloomberg) — European powers are increasingly worried that even if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t invade Ukraine he’ll create a…
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How Europe Has Become So Dependent on Putin for Gas
(Bloomberg) — Europe’s relations with Russia are close to their lowest point in decades. Yet now President Vladimir Putin’s willingness…
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German Cases Soar; Stranded Hong Kong Bankers: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Germany reported record new coronavirus cases for the third straight day as the highly transmissible omicron variant swept…
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Armenia, Turkey Seek to Ease Decades of Enmity With Border Talks
(Bloomberg) — The success of talks that begin Friday in Moscow to normalize ties between Armenia and Turkey can be…
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Law Firm at Center of Pandora Helped Global Rich Hide Money
(Bloomberg) — Two decades ago, Jaime Aleman was looking to re-establish Panama’s reputation as a stable business center following the…
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Ex-Credit Suisse Trader Lemssouguer Plans $1 Billion Fund Launch
(Bloomberg) — Hamza Lemssouguer, a former top debt trader at Credit Suisse Group AG, is raising hundreds of millions of…
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J&J, Astra Seek FDA Approval; Singapore Travel: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Johnson & Johnson is seeking U.S. backing for a booster dose of its one-shot vaccine after data showed…
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U.K. Services Prices Jump at Record Pace on Supply-Chain Woes
(Bloomberg) — The prices paid by customers in the U.K. services sector rose at the fastest pace on record last…
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Why Putin’s Money Eludes Offshore Investigators
(Bloomberg Opinion) — You would expect the biggest leak of offshore data in history to contain lots of damaging information about…
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How Putin’s Advisers Convinced Him to Take Climate Risks Seriously
(Bloomberg) — After years of publicly dismissing climate change, President Vladimir Putin is finally prodding officials to take the threat…
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Law Firm At Center of Pandora Helped Global Rich Hide Billions
(Bloomberg) — Two decades ago, Jaime Aleman was looking to reestablish Panama’s reputation as a stable business center following the…
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REUTERS IMPACT-Al Gore: China could surprise the world at Glasgow climate talks
By Axel Threlfall, Timothy Gardner (Reuters) – Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is hopeful China and the United States…
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BioNTech Sees New Vaccine Need; Japan in Talks: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — BioNTech SE Chief Executive Officer Ugur Sahin, whose company developed the first Covid-19 vaccine along with Pfizer Inc.,…
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This Is What Europe’s Green Future Looks Like
(Bloomberg) — Green Europe will be built on rammed-earth walls, wooden pillars and recycled shipping containers — at least according…
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Biden Mourns 700,000 Deaths; Alaska Crisis Deepens: Virus Update
President Joe Biden marked the “painful milestone” of 700,000 U.S. deaths from Covid-19, saying it’s a reminder for Americans to…
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How a Silk Necktie Company Built a Cult Following Out of a Tiny Naples Shop
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — Anyone strolling along Piazza Vittoria in Naples might be forgiven for missing the tiny shop crouching beneath…
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Tesla Delivered 241,300 Cars in Quarter, Topping Estimates
(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc. delivered a better-than-expected 241,300 cars worldwide in the third quarter, a record for the electric-car maker…
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East African Flower Demand Jumps as Fuel Costs Hobble Europe
Europe’s gas shortages have boosted demand for flowers from East Africa, although Kenya, a major producer, is struggling to grasp…
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Russian September Oil Production Jumps Most in 13 Months
(Bloomberg) — Russia’s oil production resumed growth in September, rising the most in 13 months, as companies ramped up output…
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Singapore Sets Record; U.S. Deaths Near 700,000: Virus Update
Singapore set another record for daily Covid-19 infections. China is asking city governments to create specialized quarantine facilities that can…
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U.S. Deaths Near 700,000; Shot Mandates Close In: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. is nearing 700,000 fatalities from Covid-19, a milestone marked by the spread of the delta variant…
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Airlines Are Ripping Out Business Seats to Create a New Middle Class
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — For decades, ferrying tourists to vacation destinations has helped major airlines cover basic costs, but the front…
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Total, Air Liquide Invest in $1.7 Billion Green Hydrogen Fund
(Bloomberg) — TotalEnergies SE, Air Liquide SA and Vinci SA pledged to contribute 100 million euros ($116 million) each to…
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U.S. Outbreak Slows; NYC Teachers Go to Top Court: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — New York City public school employees are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the city’s Covid-19 vaccine…
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Pacquiao Jumps Into Race to Succeed Duterte in Philippines
(Bloomberg) — The race to succeed Rodrigo Duterte as Philippine president began officially on Friday, as contenders started filing to…
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Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty Lingerie Stores Are Coming Next Year
(Bloomberg) — Rihanna is taking her billion-dollar business selling asymmetrical lace catsuits and satiny loungewear trousers into brick-and-mortar stores starting next year. “Retail…
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A Who’s Who of Philippine Contenders Vying to Succeed Duterte
(Bloomberg) — The race to succeed Rodrigo Duterte as the president of the Philippines has started to rev up, with…
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Big Oil Splits On Oil’s Future
Two of Big Oil’s biggest players dropped their long-term energy outlooks this week: French energy company TotalEnergies and the Organization…
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Beijing Olympics to Allow Local Fans; Tokyo Eases: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing will only allow spectators who live in mainland China, setting looser virus…
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BMW’s Electric SUV Is Ugly, Unexciting, But Very Capable
(Bloomberg) — BMW has finally made a new electric auto, the iX SUV. I say “finally” because the last we…
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